The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2553

The incident caught everyone off guard, and Balfour had pulled a few folks straight from the office to deal with it.

Quinton was holding a tablet, pointing at the screen, and walking Balfour through her last known movements.

The sight of Ivy’s carefree silhouette, oblivious to her fate, twisted his heart in agony.

“She couldn’t have just vanished into thin air. Expand the timeline to two minutes before and after; I want to see exactly how someone managed to take her!”

Ivy’s figure indeed never reappeared on the security footage, which confirmed she didn’t leave on her own.

“Stop-zoom in on that section.”

Quinton complied, and on the screen was an orderly pushing a gurney, clearly with a patient who must have just been discharged.

“Don’t you think there’s something off here?”

It suddenly hit Balfour; he’d seen a similar figure when he entered the hospital. But what was odd about it?

“It’s her!”

completely covered from head

had spotted the anomaly, understanding why he had felt so strange when he encountered

brazen as

a patient, how could they be covered

Ivy was lying on

meant he had walked right past

he might have

footage with this orderly in it, now! I need to know where she started.”

was as cold as ice, but the urgency was palpable. He was never this frantic.

Howard, this orderly dragged someone out of the restroom!”

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Chapter 2553

seemed Mara was right; Ivy had indeed not returned

she was taken right from the restroom door.

you entangled in this mess?” Balfour thought.

it thoroughly,” he said.

would be this easy to whisk Ivy away to the location she had set